Diversity, 2022 Ambrosia beetles bore into host trees, and live with fungi symbiotically that serve as a food source. However, it is challenging to directly observe these beetles in the wild.
Zi-Ru Jiang +2 more
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First Evidence of Feeding-Induced RNAi in Banana Weevil via Exogenous Application of dsRNA
Insects, 2021 Banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) is the most devastating pest of banana and plantain worldwide, yet current control measures are neither effective, sustainable, nor environmentally sound, and no resistant farmer-preferred cultivars are known to date.
Henry Shaykins Mwaka +6 more
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AGROMIX, 2022 Spodoptera litura is widely used as a test in a research controlling pests in the laboratory so it needs to be maintained to get uniform test insects in large numbers. Rearing of insects in laboratory can use natural food or artificial diets.
Ramadhan Taufika +2 more
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Laboratory investigation of daily food intake and gut evacuation in larvae of African catfish Clarias gariepinus under different feeding conditions [PDF]
, 2010 Temporary accumulation of ascorbic acid 2-sulfate (AAS) was measured to estimate food intake and gut evacuation in larvae of African catfish. Fish larvae were fed decapsulated cysts of Artemia containing AAS.
García-Ortega, A. +5 more
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Survival and Phenology of \u3ci\u3eAgrilus Planipennis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Reared on a Newly Developed Artificial Diet Free of Host Material [PDF]
, 2018 The final phase in the development of an artificial diet that contains no ash host material and the phenology of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Bupresidae) on that diet are documented.
Gould, Juli +2 more
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The Effects of Different Diets and Transgenerational Stress on Acyrthosiphon pisum Development. [PDF]
, 2019 Despite the fact that sap-feeding hemipterans are major agricultural pests, little is known about the pea aphid's (Acyrthosiphon pisum) nymphal development, compared to other insect models. Given our limited understanding of A.
Hansen, Allison K, Pers, Daniel
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Effects of Microbial Transfer during Food-Gut-Feces Circulation on the Health of Bombyx mori
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Change in habitual diet may negatively affect health. The domestic silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an economically important oligophagous insect that feeds on mulberry leaves.
Lijun Qin +8 more
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Effects of Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies on Larvae of \u3ci\u3eLymantria Dispar\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) [PDF]
, 2017 We assessed the effects of ascorbic acid and total vitamin deficiencies on growth, food processing efficiencies and survival of larval gypsy moths. Artificial diet lacking ascorbic acid did not alter performance of fourth instars, whereas diet lacking a ...
Lindroth, Richard L, Weiss, Anthony P
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Insects, 2023 In this study, we investigated the effects of different diets on the development and reproduction of the predatory mite Amblyseius eharai. The results show that feeding on citrus red mite (Panonychus citri) led to the fastest life cycle completion (6.9 ±
Nguyen T. P. Thao +2 more
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Storage and Behavior of Plant and Diet-Fed Adult Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema Melanopus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The univoltine life cycle of the cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus (L.) in Michigan (Castro et al. 1965) is similar to that reported by Venturi (1942) in Europe. Adults emerge from pupal cells in the soil in mid-June to early July, feed voraciously for
Cobb, David L +3 more
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